Explore Live Cams in the DR Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo) is the second-largest country in Africa, covering about 905,350 square miles (2,344,858 km²) in the heart of the continent. Most of it lies in the basin of the mighty Congo River, filled with the second-largest rainforest on Earth after the Amazon.

Its most famous natural treasure is Virunga National Park, the oldest national park in Africa, founded in 1925 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is home to rare mountain gorillas and to Nyiragongo, a volcano whose crater holds one of the largest lava lakes in the world. The national animal is the okapi, a shy forest relative of the giraffe.

Okapis, bonobos and Grauer's gorillas are found in the wild only in DR Congo, and forest elephants, chimpanzees and Congo peafowl hide deep in the rainforest. Sanctuaries near Kinshasa and in the eastern forests care for orphaned bonobos and gorillas rescued from poachers and the illegal pet trade.

Did You Know? The Congo River is the deepest river in the world, plunging more than 720 feet (220 m) in places, so deep that fish living at the bottom never see daylight.

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